December 8, 1955 A special meeting of the Collins F. F. A. Chapter was held Wednesday night. The following members were initiated into the Green Hand degree: David Derby, Jerry Dodd, Donald Evans, Paul Feige, Gary Hanson, Lawrence Horn, Teddy Hudson, Edward Smith, Denny Sullivan. Chapter Farmer Degrees were awarded to: Gordon Smith, Darwin Luing and Pat Fitzgerald.
Home Ec. - Miss Burton and the Home Ec. Class had a tour through the new Hale residence.
Music News - The Christmas program will be given Wednesday December 21. The primary, first and second grades will present an operetta, "A Christmas Fantasy." The glee club, mixed chorus and small groups will sing selections of Christmas songs. Everyone is welcome.
Basketball - The Collins girls racked up their eighth victory by defeating Maxwell 56-44 on the home court. Maxwell played a tough game, but Collins held a lead the entire game. Lineup: Kilgore (f) 11 pts.; Spooner (f) 24 pts.; Briles (f) 21 pts.; Christian (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Carley (g-f) 0 pts.; Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g); M. Kloppenborg (g); Stratton (g); Hand (g).
The Collins boys continued on their winning ways by defeating Maxwell 74-39. This ballgame is one of equal scoring as the four high scorers of the game were separated by only two points. Lineup: Ballard (f) 14 pts.; Laird (g) 6 pts.; Vasey (c) 16 pts.; Jim Dodd (g) 14 pts.; Morrison (g) 4 pts.; Nichol (g) 1 pt.; Clark (g) 2 pts.; Partridge (f) 14 pts.
The Clipperettes took their ninth consecutive win by overrunning Cambridge 63-25 on the Cambridge court. Lineup: Kilgore (f) 6 pts.; Spooner (f) 19 pts.; Briles (f) 18 pts.; Christian (f) 2 pts.; Frerichs (f) 4 pts.; Carley (g-f) 13 pts.; Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g); M. Kloppenborg (g); Stratton (g-f) 1 pt.; Hand (g).
The Clippers easily beat Cambridge 85-34 to boast their Conference standing to 3-0. The team made 38 field goals and 9 free throws. Collins was ahead at the first quarter 22-8 and halftime 53-17. Lineup: Ballard (f) 27 pts.; Laird (g) 14 pts.; Vasey (c) 17 pts.; Jim Dodd (g) 2 pts.; Morrison (g) 2 pts.; Nichol (g) 6 pts.; Clark (g) 1 pt.; Partridge (f) 14 pts; Jerry Dodd (g) 0 pts.; D. Fitzgerald (g) 0 pts.; Huffman (g) 0 pts.; G. Smith (g) 2 pts.
High School News - The juniors have finally completed their English essays on American writers. Many clever and attractive covers were made for the several different authors.
Hot Lunch Menu: Monday - beef burgers, buttered corn, onion rings, catsup, bread and butter sandwich, milk, cherry cobbler; Tuesday - potato soup, crackers, celery with peanut butter, cheese sandwiches, purple plums, milk; Wednesday - chicken and noodles, green beans, cheese wedge, Jell-0 salad, bread and butter sandwich, milk; Thursday, mashed potatoes with cubed beef and gravy, cabbage slaw, bread and butter sandwich, stewed apricots, milk; Friday, boiled lima beans with ham, buttered spinach, corn bread, carrot strips, fruit cup, bread and butter sandwich, milk.
Wednesday afternoon ten members of the senior class attended an assembly called College Day at the Nevada high school, along with about 175 other seniors from Story County. Twenty-eight colleges and business schools from all over Iowa and surrounding states were represented and available to provide information. Each student had two 45-minute periods to investigate two different schools.